But the second decade of this century was so turbulent for Europe, and many mistakes which were made in the 1990s came to the surface in this decade, meaning especially the faults in the construction of the European Union, that I have changed my mind. Geert Mak: I never thought to write a follow up covering the first decades of this century – I wrote about the twentieth century, and I thought that was enough. May I ask what motivated you to write a sequel about the first two decades of the twenty-first century? What were the special challenges when attempting to interpret contemporary developments, and how does this new book differ from In Europe? And since you published the Dutch original back in 2019, shortly before the beginning of the pandemic and have added a substantial epilogue since, may I also ask whether you would perhaps have written a slightly different book had recent and ongoing developments already been known to you at the time of its completion? In other words, has the pandemic transformed your perspective on the early twenty-first century? Travels Through the Twentieth Century from 2004. Travels in the Twenty-First Century, the original Dutch title of which was Great Expectations. Ferenc Laczó: Your new book is titled in English translation The Dream of Europe.
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